Canada

Poll suggests pandemic made some Canadians more grateful for what they have

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has made some Canadians feel more grateful for what they have.The poll from Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies found respondents cited th...

Dec 30, 2020

Quebec leaders forced to confront systemic racism in 2020

MONTREAL - It was a former CFL player and community activist who helped push the concept of systemic racism to the forefront in Quebec politics this year, after forcing the city of Montreal to confron...

Dec 30, 2020

Premier Blaine Higgs looking to use pandemic to 'reinvent' New Brunswick

FREDERICTON - Blaine Higgs says 2020 taught him a lot about the importance of perseverance. The New Brunswick Premier says his province held the line this year against COVID-19, guarding Atlantic Cana...

Dec 30, 2020

Quebec Liberal vacationing down south despite repeated warnings to stay home

MONTREAL - Quebec Liberal member Pierre Arcand is vacationing with his wife in the Caribbean despite warnings from the federal and provincial governments to stay home during the pandemic. The Canadian...

Dec 29, 2020

Blizzard blasts Nunavut, 135 km/h winds rip off stairs and crush cabins

IQALUIT - Pangnirtung mayor Eric Lawlor couldn't see out his windows on Sunday.That's when a day-long blizzard hit the Baffin Island community of about 1,500, shaking houses and crushing cabins. Accor...

Dec 29, 2020

Former Alberta cabinet minister turned Independent senator Elaine McCoy dies

OTTAWA - Sen. Elaine McCoy, who sat as an Independent from the day she was appointed to the upper chamber, has died.McCoy died Tuesday in Ottawa. She was 74.Born in Brandon, Man., McCoy began her care...

Dec 29, 2020

Former N.L. prisoner wants guards held accountable in death of Indigenous inmate

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A former inmate of a Newfoundland and Labrador jail says it's outrageous that 10 guards accused in the death of an Indigenous man at the institution got to spend Christmas with thei...

Dec 29, 2020

Quebec becomes fourth province to confirm more contagious COVID-19 variant

Quebec has become the fourth province to confirm its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant. Health Minister Christian Dube says the person who tested positive is a family member of someone ...

Dec 29, 2020

Addressing mental-health issues linked to pandemic looming issue in 2021, Bains says

OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister says the country faces mounting mental health concerns that the government will have to address in 2021. Navdeep Bains says he has heard more stories about the ment...

Dec 29, 2020

'If not now, then when?' COVID-19 spurs some Canadians to make big changes

TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of Canadians across the country, causing many to lose their jobs or businesses, or to adapt to a new life spent mostly at home. Some are leaning i...

Dec 29, 2020